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In Norman toponymy, the radical hol-is frequently found in compounds, but also in its romanized form with the definite article, as illustrated by the following examples le Delle-du-Houl (Calvados, Argouges), la Houle (localities in Granville, Guilberville, Écalles-Alix, les Houles (localities in Hacqueville and Saint-Aubin-de-Scellon, la ...
Illustration for the tale "La houle du châtelet", 1883.Published in Paul Sébillot's Contes de terre et de mer.. The stories and fragments of legends have many features in common, enabling us to reconstruct the idea that the inhabitants of the north coast of Upper Brittany had of the houles fairies in the 19th century.
Dendrology (Ancient Greek: δένδρον, dendron, "tree"; and Ancient Greek: -λογία, -logia, science of or study of) or xylology (Ancient Greek: ξύλον, ksulon, "wood") is the science and study of woody plants (trees, shrubs, and lianas), specifically, their taxonomic classifications. [1]
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Bousillage in south Louisiana is a mixture of clay earth and retted Spanish moss, but in the Upper Mississippi River Valley and Canada contains straw, grass or hair, [1] used to fill in the panels in poteaux-sur-sol, poteaux-en-terre, and half-timbered framing (called colombage in French). [2]
Named originally in charts prepared by French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse in 1786. La Chaussée means "causeway". [19] Mount La Pérouse (3231 m) and La Pérouse Glacier in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, both named after French explorer and naval captain Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse [19] Latouche Island ("the ...
Wooden language is language that uses vague, ambiguous, abstract or pompous words in order to divert attention from the salient issues. [1] The French scholar Françoise Thom identified four characteristics of wooden language: abstraction and the avoidance of the concrete, tautologies, bad metaphors, and Manichaeism that divides the world into good and evil. [2]
Madagascar rosewood (Dalbergia maritima), known as bois de rose, is highly prized for its red color. It is overexploited in the wild, despite a 2010 moratorium on trade and illegal logging, which continues on a large scale. [5] Throughout southeast Asia, Dalbergia oliveri is harvested for use in woodworking. It has a very fragrant and dense ...